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GAZDASÁGTÖRTÉNET - Takács Péter: Adalékok Zemplén megye lakosságának sóellátásához a 18. század utolsó harmadában

The salt supply of County Zemplén in the last third of the 18th century In the Old Testament, the prophet Isaiah (30:24) tells his listeners that "the oxen and the asses that till the ground shall eat salted provender". The ancient Hungarians knew that horses would lose their appetite unless the salt lost from their body was replaced. Based on folk wisdom and practical experience. Baron Justus von Liebig and his students founded the discipline of salt chemistry. In their view, a healthy individual needed to consume an annual 4-5 kg of salt. Animals too had to have their salt loss replaced in proportion to their body weight. The salt trade was one of the royal regalia in the Carpathian Basin; at the same time, it was the sovereign's duty to ensure salt for his subjects. The Treasury based the salt supply of the population and the livestock of County Zemplén on three main sources from the 16th century onward: the Nagytárkány and Tokaj salt chambers and the Sóvár salterns. In addition to the three national salt chambers, there were salt depots in four market towns during the 18th century (Tőketerebes, Nagymihály, Homonna and Sztropkó), which ensured that salt would reach the county's population within one or two days. The study also describes the reactions of the inhabitants of County Zemplén's 445 settlements (1772) to the fact that this vital commodity could be acquired anytime in the salt depots mentioned above. Péter Takács 384